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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Before Y2K

Sometime in the late 1990s I sat at my cubicle, behind three short walls, staring at my computer.

What's this?

HELLO!

Copy this entire e-mail and change all the answers so they apply to you. Then send it to people you know, INCLUDING me. You should get back a lot of e-mails and you'll learn a lot about your friends that you maybe didn't know.

FULL NAME: Andrea E.

NICKNAME: you know my nicknames, YOU sent this to me!

BIRTHPLACE: Brooklyn, NY

HOME TOWN: Same as above! Oh, do you mean where I live now? NYC.

CROUTONS OR BACON BITS: I guess croutons. I donno. I don't do enough salad, I guess.

DRESSING: Again with the salad? Lite Italian.

HAVE HAD YOUR APPENDIX AND TONSILS REMOVED? Nope.

SHAMPOO OR CONDITIONER: Both.

HAVE YOU EVER GONE SKINNY-DIPPING: Negative. I grew up in Brooklyn. Where exactly did you expect I would DO that?

DO YOU MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE:I try not to, but sometimes people tick me off. Then I do.

ON-LINE FRIENDS: A small handful of people I have just started to connect with on a diet and nutrition community.

ONE PILLOW OR TWO: Two.

PETS: One cat. Shakan.

FAVORITE TYPES OF MUSIC: Anything I can dance to!

LEAST FAVORITE TYPES OF MUSIC: Country, techno and heavy metal.

DREAM CAR: One I can drive!

TYPE OF CAR YOU DRIVE NOW: None.

WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR: Matchbox or Hot Wheels. Do those count?

FAVORITE FOOD: Pizza.

DO YOU GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS: Yes, definitely.

FAVORITE TOWN TO CHILL IN: Who says chill, anyway? What are we - ninety? The city.

FAVORITE PLACE TO VISIT: California cause I get to see Lisa there (and she sent me this).

FAVORITE ICE CREAM: I seriously am a huge vanilla fan, but Ben and Jerry's Chubby Hubby is a current fave.

FAVORITE SOFT DRINK: Now that I've given up Diet Coke I'd say Ginger Ale. But only if it's Seagram's or Canada Dry. And yes, I can tell the difference.

FAVORITE GAME TO PLAY: Pool.

WHAT IS YOUR BAD TIME OF DAY: 3:30 - I need something to wake me up. It's hit the vending machine time.

FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR: fall.

ADIDAS, NIKE, OR REEBOK: Neither. New Balance.

FAVORITE PERFUME OR COLOGNE: Beautiful.

FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: English.

LEAST FAVORITE SUBJECT: History. Oy. Although philosophy came in pretty close to that.

FAVORITE MOVIE YOU HAVE SEEN RECENTLY: Armageddon.

FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME: Dirty Dancing.

FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK: Malibu Pineapple or Amaretto Sour

FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH: Baseball.

ANYTHING "DIFFERENT" ABOUT YOU: I'm blind as a bat without my glasses/contacts.

SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU: She's there when I need her.

PERSON YOU SENT THIS TO WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND: There are so many!

PERSON YOU SENT THIS TO WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND:Randye (My roommate.)

FAVORITE COLOR: Green.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME: Nope.

TOOTHPASTE: Colgate.

WHAT IS YOUR BEDTIME: Late.

FAVORITE WEBSITE: eDiets.com. They have guest boards for free.

MOST HUMILIATING MOMENT: **It hadn't happened yet**

CRAZIEST PERSON OR SILLIEST PERSON YOU KNOW: My brother.

WHAT IS YOUR LATEST THING TO DO: ??

WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN THE OPPOSITE SEX: Honesty. Laughter. Support.

I must confess something. I actually have a string of this ridiculous email in my inbox. From my very first personal email account, where I've saved so many memories from back in the day. Sadly, I had not yet learned that I could CC myself on my own responses, so I recreated those here. I hope you enjoyed some insight into Andrea of the late '90s.

Those emails were the funniest and a little worrisome when I first received them. I wasn't sure if I should answer them or not. Thankfully, I only had a couple of friends who would send them to me. Thank you for sharing yours. It was a kick to read.